Science and technology for America's progress : ensuring the best presidential appointments in the new administration / Committee on Science and Technology in the National Interest, Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy, National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, and Institute of Medicine of the National Academies.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Committee on Science and Technology in the National Interest: Ensuring the Best Presidential Appointments, Corporate Author.

Contributor:

National Academy of Sciences (U.S.). Committee on Science and Technology in the National Interest.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Government executives--Selection and appointment--United States.

Government executives.

United States--Officials and employees--Selection and appointment.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (73 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : The National Academies Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The new Obama administration and the 110th Congress elected in November 2008 will face immediate challenges. Events will not permit a leisurely leadership transition. The prompt appointment of a Presidential science adviser and the nomination of top officials in the new administration with the knowledge and experience to address complex problems will be essential. The concerns of the nation regarding jobs and economic growth, health care, national security, energy, and the environment demand informed action. Each of these concerns-from national security, economic development, health care, and the environment, to education, energy, and natural resources-is touched in essential ways by the nation's science and technology enterprise. This is the fourth in a series of books from the National Academies on the presidential appointment process, each delivered during a presidential election year with the goal of providing recommendations to the President-elect about appointing his senior science and technology leadership and pursuing sustained improvements in the appointments process.

Contents:

""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""Introduction""; ""Presidential Science and Technology Appointments""; ""Science and Technology Appointments to Federal Advisory Committees""; ""Conclusion""; ""Appendix A: Committee Members' Biographical Information""; ""Appendix B: Bibliography""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9786611972882

9780309185851

0309185858

9780309126816

0309126819

9781281972880

1281972886

OCLC:

276297376